Arrests and prosecutions intensified after Isis captured Mosul in June, but the groundwork had been laid by an earlier amendment to Jordan’s anti-terrorism law. It is estimated that 2,000 Jordanians have fought and 250 of them have died in Syria – making them the third largest Arab contingent in Isis after Saudi Arabians and Tunisians.

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The First Amendment guarantees freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.

The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery.